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From: OSYSMAS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Michael Stein)

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Subject: Re: VLF/ELF

Date: Sat, 05 Feb 1994 07:34

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>I have been looking for some reference material on VLF and have been

>unable to find any.  Can anyone point me to any material on VLF receivers

>?  I am especially interested in receiving (is it WWVB?) on 60 kHz, but

>would also be interested in the unlicensed band at (what I think is 1750

>meters).



"Low-Frequency Receiving Techniques"

Radio-Electronics, March-July 1983

R.W. Burhans



"WWVB 60KHz Frequency Comparator Receiver"

73 Magazine, September 1972



"Experiment With WWVB"

Radio-Electronics, August 1973

by Don Lancaster



"Cub 54, Where Are You? (Or How to Navigate Using Mini-O)"

Series of articles on the Omega system and how to receive/use it.

Byte, February, March, April 1977

R.W. Burhans



For the format of WWVB see

NIST Special Publication 432



"The low and medium frequency Radio Scrap Book"

Ken Cornell, W2IMB

Information on circuits for VLF & Lofer operation (receiving

and transmitting).



Code of Federal Regulations,

Title 47 

FCC regs part 15

section 15.217 operation in the band 160-190 Khz

(lofers.  You should read all of part 15 though).



"A Computer-Controled LORAN-C Receiver for Precision Timekeeping"

David L. Mills

Electricial Engineering Department

University of Delaware

Technical Report 92-3-1

March 1992

path: louie.udel.edu in /pub/ntp/loran.tar.Z



"Using the World's Most Accurate Frequency Standard, Part 1"

73 Amateur Radio Today, January 1994



"LORAN-C User Handbook"

Department of Transportation

Coast Guard

May 1980 

COMDTINST M16562.3 (old GC-462)

Introduction and overview of LORAN-C system, system

locations/coverage areas, pulse formats etc.



"Using LORAN-C for Time and Frequency Calibration"

Radio-Electronics, July 1983

R. W. Burhans

